produces this effect: maybe pinning on a number transforms me from a normal human being into a gladiator. Or maybe its just plain fun.Some runners tell me that they dont feel competitive, even in races: they never notice when someone passes them
produces this effect: maybe pinning on a number transforms me from a normal human being into a gladiator. Or maybe it’s just plain fun.Some runners tell me that they don’t feel competitive, even in races: they never notice when someone passes them
like my family any more; I didnt talk like my family; when the family got together to sit, I wanted to go out and run. Rather than seeing the positive changes that running was producing in my life, they saw only that I wasnt the old John
was oblivious to the other runners around him. There was no competition no one to fear, no one to chase, no one to beat. There was only the distance between the start and finish lines. Somewhere in between those two lines lay his destiny.Standing in the crowd
was oblivious to the other runners around him. There was no competition – no one to fear, no one to chase, no one to beat. There was only the distance between the start and finish lines. Somewhere in between those two lines lay his destiny.Standing in the crowd
to hit the ball by choice instead of by chance, as I began to reach a more competitive level, our game changed.It seemed that, suddenly, the words ‘winning’ and ‘losing’ took on more sinister overtones.This particular friend had a habit of talking
still see me.Once in a great while, I found myself running near the middle of the back of the pack. Those were the races that were the most fun. Moving up far enough in the pack to be running against real competition meant putting it all on the line
. It’s the act of running, being in the moment of the motion, which brings satisfaction. And it’s the process that matters most, not the outcome. But some runners wrongly think that this focus on participation rather than competition means
told that the marathon was not going to happen.But we were runners. We’d faced adversity many times before in training and competition. We’d stared defeat in the face and refused to give in. We knew how to adjust our definitions of success. We wouldn
